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Make Better Drink Choices Tips and tools from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to help cut back on sugary drinks |
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Soda Free Summer Campaign Materials Tips sheets, activities, posters and more to help parents, kids, teachers and other childcare providers cut back on sugary drinks |
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CA WIC Handout 1 page handout that includes a pledge to be role model, spa water recipes, instructions on how to calculate the amount of sugar in drinks and tips for drinking more water |
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Potter the Otter First 5 campaign that includes facts, activities, coloring sheets and more to get kids to love drinking water |
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Health Benefits of Water Information from WebMD about the health benefits of water and 6 reasons to drink it |
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Sugary Drink FACTS Information about the nutrition of sugary drinks and how they are marketed to youth |
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Open Truth Campaign Learn more about how the beverage industry targets marketing to youth |
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SaludAmerica Online network to prevent obesity among Latino children |
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Tips to Help Kids Maintain a Healthy Weight Information from the CDC about the health risks of childhood obesity and what parents can do to help prevent their kids from becoming overweight or obese |
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Children’s BMI Calculator Use this tool from the CDC to find out if your child is a healthy weight |
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Let’s Move! The First Lady Michelle Obama’s campaign to reduce childhood obesity by creating healthy environments for kids, empowering caregivers, providing and increasing access to healthy food and increasing physical activity |
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Sugar Calculator Use this calculator to find out how much sugar is in your drink or the drinks you serve your kids |
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SugarScience Scientific information and resources on the health impacts of consuming too much sugar |
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Added Sugar Information from the Mayo Clinic about added sugar and why it is a problem |
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CA WIC Poster Poster that shows how many teaspoons of sugar are in common drinks |
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| California Project Lean | Link |
| First 5 Contra Costa | Link |
| Healthy & Active Before 5 | Link |
| CA WIC Program | Link |
| Bay Area Nutrition & Physical Activity Collaborative (BANPAC) | Link |